Laws are the only rules that everyone has to follow.
Morals
Beliefs about what is fair and what
is right or wrong
Morals are the real glue that holds our nation
together.
Civil
Disobedience
Breaking a law in a nonviolent way
because it goes against personal
morals
People who take part in civil disobedience
willingly accept the punishment for breaking
the law.
Statutes
Written laws made by legislatures
The word statute usually refers to laws made by
Congress or by state legislatures.
Common
Law
A body of law based on judges'
decisions
In making a decision on a case an English judge
would always consider general community customs
and beliefs about what was fair, thus using common
law.
Legal Codes
A written collection of laws, often
organized by subject
Traffic laws are collected in your state's motor
vehicle (legal) code.
Crime
Any behavior that is illegal because
the government considers it harmful
to society
A crime may be an act, such as stealing.
Criminal Law
Refers to the group of laws that tells
which acts are crimes, hor accused
persons should be tried in court, and
how cromes should be punished
The main purpose of criminal law is to protect
society as a whole.
Felony
A serious crome for which the penalty
can be imprisonment for more than one
year
Felonies include such cromes as kidnapping
and murder.
Misdemeanor
A less serious crome for which the
penalty is often a fine
Littering and driving without a license are
examples of misdemeanors.
Civil Law
A group of laws that help settle
disagreements between people
Civil law provides rules for people to settle
disagreements in court if they cannot or
will not settle them privately.
Man Robs Local Pharmacy
Yesterday, Robert Andrews robbed a local pharmacy near Hazleton. After the robbery Andrews stole a car and drove towards interstate 81. Police quickly caught up with him and he was arrested. According to police he broke at least 16 statutes, from misdemeanors like driving without a seatbelt to felonies like shooting the cleerk in the pharmacy and grand theft auto. Andrews has already had a few civil law cases in the past and according to criminal law Andrews may be put in jail for 2-3 years because of his civil disobedience.Crime rates in Hazleton have been on the rise for the past year and many citizens are worried. Carly Rossi lives on the same block as the pharmacy, she told us that "People don't seem to care about the laws that we need to follow. It's like these criminals don't have any morals at all." It is clear that something needs to be done about the crime in the Hazleton Area.
is right or wrong
together.
Disobedience
because it goes against personal
morals
willingly accept the punishment for breaking
the law.
Congress or by state legislatures.
Law
decisions
would always consider general community customs
and beliefs about what was fair, thus using common
law.
organized by subject
vehicle (legal) code.
the government considers it harmful
to society
which acts are crimes, hor accused
persons should be tried in court, and
how cromes should be punished
society as a whole.
can be imprisonment for more than one
year
and murder.
penalty is often a fine
examples of misdemeanors.
disagreements between people
disagreements in court if they cannot or
will not settle them privately.
Man Robs Local Pharmacy
Yesterday, Robert Andrews robbed a local pharmacy near Hazleton. After the robbery Andrews stole a car and drove towards interstate 81. Police quickly caught up with him and he was arrested. According to police he broke at least 16 statutes, from misdemeanors like driving without a seatbelt to felonies like shooting the cleerk in the pharmacy and grand theft auto. Andrews has already had a few civil law cases in the past and according to criminal law Andrews may be put in jail for 2-3 years because of his civil disobedience.Crime rates in Hazleton have been on the rise for the past year and many citizens are worried. Carly Rossi lives on the same block as the pharmacy, she told us that "People don't seem to care about the laws that we need to follow. It's like these criminals don't have any morals at all." It is clear that something needs to be done about the crime in the Hazleton Area.